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Soaring college textbooks costs hurt students and family budgets

Tuesday, 28 Jan 2014 | 12:00 PM ET

College textbooks now cost the average student around $1,200 a year and advocacy groups say something needs to be done to curb the costs. CNBC's Herb Weisbaum says there are options for students, but not many.